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Construction on the £4.3bn Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) offshore interconnector between England and Scotland in has begun with a groundbreaking ceremony at either end of the planned 506km “electricity superhighway”.

Nine firms have been named by National Grid to support it to deliver community engagement work required for consenting and construction of its 17 Great Grid Upgrade projects.

The Shetland Islands have been connected to the Great British electricity grid for the first time as the 260km HVDC offshore Shetland Link has been powered up.

Murphy has begun enabling work on National Grid’s £400M Yorkshire Green Energy Enablement (Green) project to upgrade existing infrastructure in North Yorkshire and build a new 10km electricity overhead line.

Work to develop ultra-high voltage technology, upgrading overhead line capacity through retrofitting cross arms and an automated weather and erosion alert tool are among the innovations aiding National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) in accelerating the energy transition.

National Grid has switched on the first 2.5km circuit of its £1bn London Power Tunnels 2 (LPT2) project between Hurst substation and Crayford.

National Grid has awarded Morgan Sindall Infrastructure the Necton overhead line contract to build transmission infrastructure in support of windfarms off the Norfolk coast.

A planned subsea electricity interconnector between the UK and Belgium has reverted to its original connection point in Suffolk after Ofgem had recommended to reject the project’s application, but this has displeased the local authority.

National Grid has delayed the formation of National Energy System Operator (NESO) until autumn this year.

The new government’s approaches to achieving net zero have the potential to “light a fire” under the energy sector to accelerate the transition, but some other major projects may need to be “reprioritised” according to National Grid president for UK strategic infrastructure Carl Trowell.